Political Alternation as a Restraint on Investing in Influence: Evidence from the Post-Communist Transition
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- Milanovic, Branko & Hoff, Karla & Horowitz, Shale, 2008. "Political alternation as a restraint on investing in influence : evidence from the post-communist transition," Policy Research Working Paper Series 4747, The World Bank.
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Keywords
Governance; transition; political alternation;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- P37 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Socialist Institutions and Their Transitions - - - Legal
- P3 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Socialist Institutions and Their Transitions
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-POL-2008-12-07 (Positive Political Economics)
- NEP-TRA-2008-12-07 (Transition Economics)
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